
Complete K–6 Collection
Lessons for Levels Pre-A–Level Z
The complete Literacy Footprints K–6 Collection includes six grade-level guided reading kits for the classroom. Each kit provides teachers with hundreds of books (6 copies of each title), lesson plans, and materials to engage learners in small-group instruction. The Literacy Footprints Guided Reading System was developed by Jan Richardson and Michèle Dufresne and is a powerful part of a comprehensive literacy solution for today’s culturally diverse classrooms.
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Includes 6 copies of each book
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Complete Collection Single Student
Includes 1 copy of each book
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Description
Literacy Footprints is a Guided Reading system designed for classroom teachers,
intervention, ELL, Special Education teachers, and support staff who are teaching
children to read and write. Each of the guided reading kits
contains sequenced, high-quality leveled texts in a variety of genres. Students
will encounter traditional tales, realistic fiction, fantasy, and informational
text. The lesson cards that accompany the books follow Jan Richardson’s Next
Step
lesson format (Richardson, 2009 and 2016). Each lesson includes word study
and phonics instruction based on The Next Step Forward in Word Study
(Dufresne and Richardson 2019). Each guided reading kit also includes component materials
designed by Jan Richardson and Michèle Dufresne to consistently support teachers
throughout the lessons.
Kit Titles Per Level
519
A - Z
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
45 | 28 | 34 | 35 | 26 | 23 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Level A
Level B
Level C
Level D
Level E
Level F
Level G
Level H
Level I
Level J
Level K
Level L
Level M
Level N
Level O
Level P
Level Q
Level R
Level S
Level T
Level U
Level V
Level W
Level X
Level Y
Level Z
Lesson Cards
- Accompany each book.
- Our lesson plans are designed to support teachers in providing dynamic small-group instruction that engages students in reading, writing, and word study/phonics. Each component of the lesson supports students in developing strong reading, writing, and decoding skills, while building vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency.

Our Books
- High-quality award-winning fiction and nonfiction books in a variety of genres
- Rigorously sequenced and leveled to provide gradually increasing text complexity that builds reading proficiency
- Supportive photography and illustrations
- Characters and topics that reflect the diversity of our world
Guided writing
is a
part of
every
Literacy
Footprints lesson.
It provides a supported
opportunity for students to
gain additional experience
writing about text.